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Boats & Boaters

This page is especially set up for boat enthusiasts and
owners and anyone with a general interest in the canal boats.
If you want to bring your own boat
click the boaters link below for details of the Saturday evening BBQ
and booking-boat entry is FREE
boaters

The following boats are regulars at the Angel Canal
Festival
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Angel 2
Star of the show, operated by charity,
Islington Narrowboat Assc.(INBA) Full length residential and day trips
catered for all year. The boat has a capacity of 12 passengers with
special rates for community groups. At the show this boat is used for
our VIP guests to take a break.
Bookings 020 7490 5125
www.inba.org.uk
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Community
Narrowboat |

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Bantam tug
Bantam Tug is owned and maintained by charity, the London
Canal Museum. Such tugs would have been used for pushing or towing non
powered butty boats.
Jenny Wren will be operating trips to the museum, they
also have as stall selling canalware and other things.
Enquires 020 7713 0836
www.canalmuseum.org.uk
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Historic
Tug |

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Beauchamp
A very unusal wide modern craft operated by charity,
Beauchamp Lodge settlement. She is a special boat designed
specifically to carry a class of children (max 60 passengers). There are
many onboard facillities centred around education and has full disabled
access and plasma screen! The boat is also available for private hire from
her base near Paddington.
Bookings 020 7266 8249
www.beauchamplodge.co.uk
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Communty
Electric
Widebeam |

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Helix (SPCC)
Operated by Alex and Jenny operated under the name of
London Canal Cruises. Alex and Jenny provide special meal and day trip (a
very personal trip) on the canal which is idealy suited to small
groups of 2-4 persons, although potentially could carry up to 10
passengers. At the show she will be doing various things like sailing the
brass band up and down in the festival site.
Bookings 020 8440 8962
www.londoncanalcruises.com
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Private
Comercial
Narrowboat |

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Jenny Wren
Jenny Wren is a comercial boat operated by Walker's Quay
from Walker's Quay in Camden. She has been running passenger trips from
Camden to Little Venice since 1968 and can accomodate up to 72 passengers.
She is available as a scheduled trip or private bookings. At the show
Jenny Wren will be making passenger trips through Islington tunnel to the
London Canal Museum.
Bookings 020 7485 4433
www.walkersquay.com
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Comercial
Narrowboat |

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Lady Mildmay
Operated by charity, Laburnum Boat Club, Hackney. This
boat is the only Regents Canal based narrowboat especially suitable
to wheelchair access. The boat is for day trips only of up to 12
passengers. At the show this boat is used for public boat rides around the
festival site.
Bookings 020 7729 2915
www.laburnum.org
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Community
Narrowboat |

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Opportunity
Operated by charity, Laburnum Boat Club, Hackney.
The boat is for day trips only of up to 12 passengers. At the show
this boat is used for public boat rides around the festival site.
Bookings 020 7729 2915
www.laburnum.org
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Community
Narrowboat |

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Pirate Princess
Operated by charity, The Pirate Club, Camden. She was
built 1982 by apprentices at Swan Hunter yard, Newcastle and was named by
HRH Prince Charles. She is fitted out to carry 12 passengers on
residential and day trips. At the show she will be open for public
viewing.
Bookings 020 7267 6605
www.thepiratecastle.org
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Community
Narrowboat |

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Pirate Viscount
Operated by charity, The Pirate Club, she was used as a
business guest boat for several years until 1995 she came to the club and
renamed after the club founder Viscount St Davids. She is full length and
can carry up to 12 passengers. She is open plan design and normally used
on day trips only, although in emergencies matresses can be laid down for
sleeping. At the show she will be open for public viewing. It is well
worth visting both Pirate boats and Tarporley, although similar dimensions
outwardly all the boats are very different on the inside.
Bookings 020 7267 6605
www.thepiratecastle.org
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Community
Narrowboat |

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Tarporley
Tarporley is operated by charity, Camden Canals &
Narrowboat Assc. (CCNA). She is the oldest community boat based on the
Regents Canal. She was built as a 'Northwich Large Town Class' goods
carrying boat in 1937. In 1972 Camden Council had her converted to carry
up to 12 passengers on residential or day trips. Ownership passed to
CCNA in 2001, she continues her work run entirely by volunteers. During
the show there will be free access to look around her, a raffle draw for a
free day trip and volunteers will be on hand to answer questions or
even recruit new volunteers. Also selling tickets for their special
halloween event staged with other boats from the London Canal Museum.
Bookings 020 7681 7019
www.camdencanals.org
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Historic
Community
Narrowboat |


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PRIVATE BOATS
Private boats visiting during 2005 Festival
SPCC is St Pancras Cruising Club
7SEA (SPCC) Andanté (SPCC) Anne
Louise (SPCC) Babylon (SPCC) Calico Caracola (SPCC) Cornwall
(Stort Boat Club) Daisy (SPCC) Dunkley of the Folly (Stort Boat
Club) Eclipse (SPCC) Galatea (SPCC) Gnashers II (SPCC) Hawker
(Stort Boat Club) Hel's Belles (SPCC) Jay's Nest (Stort Boat
Club) Justine II (SPCC) Knot Normal (Floating boat
Carpenter) Leafy Lady (SPCC) Middlesex Moon Shadow
(SPCC) Nuthatch (SPCC) Old Smoky (SPCC) Peabody (Stort Boat
Club) Sutton (SPCC) Rhino (SPCC) Serena (Stort Boat Club) Tara
Rose (Stort Boat Club) Venice (West London Motor Cruising
Club)

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..And Islington Boat Club


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